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[dabus]

Do you use a proxy?
Do you have a firewall that is blocking the autoit3.exe?
Is your Internetexplorer equivalent or more recent then 6.0
Do you use a funny OS?
Are you online?

Edited by dabus, 21 January 2010 - 03:11 PM.

[Suiboon]

Some questions:

when leaving Candlekeep I hear the level up sound, yet neither my character or Imoen has levelled up. Instead I noticed that I have a load of extra hit points on my main character suddenly. My level 1/1 Fighter/Illusionist now has 23 hit points (18 constitution). Is this intended?

Also some npcs start at higher than level 1, but lose the experience they had to correspond with the experience of the protagonist. They remain the same level however. When they reach their level again do they get "double" the benefits of for example level 2, or do they just ignore that and next time gain a level when they reach the appropriate amount of XP?

One more thing. I think I read somewhere that BG1 now has the elven chainmail. If so, where can it be found?

Sorry if this is the wrong thread to post stuff like this.

[Lollorian]

Also some npcs start at higher than level 1, but lose the experience they had to correspond with the experience of the protagonist. They remain the same level however. When they reach their level again do they get "double" the benefits of for example level 2, or do they just ignore that and next time gain a level when they reach the appropriate amount of XP?

This is cause of the Level1NPCs mod which makes NPCs come down to your level And no, it won't give you double bonuseses They'll resume levelling from when they're supposed to.

One more thing. I think I read somewhere that BG1 now has the elven chainmail. If so, where can it be found?

You can find a +2 one at Thalantyr's store in the High Hedge (but there are plenty more if you do some quests ) ... Oh, and Thalantyr sells it at some ~50000 last time I checked

[Suiboon]

You can find a +2 one at Thalantyr's store in the High Hedge (but there are plenty more if you do some quests ) ... Oh, and Thalantyr sells it at some ~50000 last time I checked

Thalantyr doesn't have one. Maybe that is because I only have the recommended mods installed.

What I'd like clarification for is the additional hit points the protagonist gained after leaving Candlekeep. Seems as though it is intended because of the level up sound and all, but I can't find anything about it in the manual for BWP8.2. Or I might just be blind. Then again this is nothing shadowkeeper couldn't fix.

Edited by Suiboon, 21 January 2010 - 06:42 PM.

[Lollorian]

You could also download them manually with the all-powerful-all-knowing Linkliste <choir music> and put them in that Downloads folder

Then next time you run the BWS, just skip downloading and let it extract stuffs

[WildMage]

Running Win7 and I just noticed, that after I received an win7 auto update (which was yesterday prior to the PC shutting down, and haven't played or used the PC until now) that my BG saves were all gone!

BG even started with the config. setup!


Lucky I wasn't past Friendly Arms Inn, so no progress lost that would be worth mentioning!

Anyone else experienced this!?

[Jarno Mikkola]

Running Win7 and I just noticed, that after I received an win7 auto update (which was yesterday prior to the PC shutting down, and haven't played or used the PC until now) that my BG saves were all gone!

Anyone else experienced this!?

Well, if the game is still on your Program Files folder, which we warn not to use... the update could messed something in 'C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\Black Isle\BGII - SoA' and so make your saves disappear, as they are mirrored there.

I downloaded them manually, but the in the installator I can only choose to remove ® modes or cancel © the installation

Well, you have to have a clean/unmoded game to start the BWS installation.

Edited by Jarno Mikkola, 22 January 2010 - 06:35 AM.

[Lollorian]

I dunno why, but I have this nagging feeling that clicking "Cancel Installation" will not actually cancel the entire installation I may be stupidly wrong, so don't try this until dabus confirms this Methinks it just cancels installation of that mod

Never tried that though

On another note, this is the reason Baldurdash1.68 is unavailable ... Sad

Edited by Lollorian, 22 January 2010 - 07:07 AM.

[Ranadiel]

On another note, this is the reason Baldurdash1.68 is unavailable ... Sad

.....This a rather interesting development. I really wonder how long this is going to last. I can understand the desire to avoid hacking(although I'm unsure of what the hackers did exactly), but this has the side effect of preventing new user install of all of Black Wym Lair's major mods(or at least the ones I percieve as being major). Hopefully things get resolved quickly so that everyone who wants or needs Baldurdash can get it soon.

[sadbloke]

Ive recently advanced to BG2 from BG, but when i try to go to the temple district, as soon as i enter it, roughly 1 sec after(enough to see branwen is there), the game minimizes and gets locked, so i have to close it with alt f4

Edited by sadbloke, 22 January 2010 - 07:53 AM.

[dabus]

@Russian:

Would be nice if you post some lines of the log that is used the next time, so I don't have to go and guess what you are doing. Just read the help-text on the right side of the application to get to know where it is and which file is currently used.

Your output should be:

=========================

Some info about missing files...

The installation should be able to run properly.
Missing mods, which were needed, can ruin the installation.
Check if you need the mods, which you could not downloaded.
For safety reasons, the mods will be removed from the install-list and will be ignored from now on.

Enter [r]emove missing mods or [c]ancel.

=========================

Which will result in closing the application. And yes, one could say an e[x]it would be clearer. But since you can almost resume from every point of the preparations, try and error would not have hurt you either.

Edited by dabus, 22 January 2010 - 10:02 AM.

[WildMage]

Right!

Totally forgot about that!
My first install was on my old rig, that runs Xp.

Didn't think about that when i installed it on the machine running 7.

Thanx for the reply though!

[smoky tune]

don't know wether anyone mentioned this before but there is small inconsistency in batch file with what is written in pdf manual:

Install Component 6260 [Give Ascension demons SCSII scripts and abilities]? [l]nstall
Install Component 6270 [Give Ascension versions of Irenicus and Sendai SCSII scripts and abilities]? [l]nstall

these two components of SCSII obviously need checks for Ascension mod but in batch file only one is in check string:

%IFES%scsII%IFIF%Ascension%S%scsII%L%0%SK% 6270 --logapp | %M%

while another is in a usual line:

%IFES%scsII%S%scsII%L%0%SK% 6210 6220 6230 6240 6250 6260 --logapp | %M%

two other moments:

The following components will be installed only with the tactics version.
Install Component 3000 [Remove the Shield of Balduran from the game]? [l]nstall
...
SKIPPING 3070 [Make the healing and resurrection powers of the Rod of Resurrection into separate
abilities]? [N]ot Install
Some other mod has altered the Rod of Resurrection in a way I don't understand; skipping this
component

and in batch file we see something different:

%IFTES%scsII%S%scsII%L%0%SK% 3010 3020 3030 3040 3050 3070 --logapp | %M%

[Lollorian]

don't know wether anyone mentioned this before but there is small inconsistency in batch file with what is written in pdf manual:

Install Component 6260 [Give Ascension demons SCSII scripts and abilities]? [l]nstall
Install Component 6270 [Give Ascension versions of Irenicus and Sendai SCSII scripts and abilities]? [l]nstall

these two components of SCSII obviously need checks for Ascension mod but in batch file only one is in check string:

%IFES%scsII%IFIF%Ascension%S%scsII%L%0%SK% 6270 --logapp | %M%

while another is in a usual line:

%IFES%scsII%S%scsII%L%0%SK% 6210 6220 6230 6240 6250 6260 --logapp | %M%

The check for Ascension is also done by the mod itself So, even if Ascension isn't installed, comp 6260 will be skipped cause SCSII itself checks for some fingrom.cre from Ascension But yeah, the install.bat could use this

two other moments:

The following components will be installed only with the tactics version.
Install Component 3000 [Remove the Shield of Balduran from the game]? [l]nstall
...
SKIPPING 3070 [Make the healing and resurrection powers of the Rod of Resurrection into separate
abilities]? [N]ot Install
Some other mod has altered the Rod of Resurrection in a way I don't understand; skipping this
component

and in batch file we see something different:

%IFTES%scsII%S%scsII%L%0%SK% 3010 3020 3030 3040 3050 3070 --logapp | %M%

Methinks the inconsistency is in the guide here, maybe the BWP guys thought the Balduran shield was important to keep (come on ... beholder ray reflection?? ) ... and about the rod of rez, it's not a problem, since whatever mod changes it (probably Item_rev) probably makes the same changes SCS does (which is why SCS directly skips it ) Now, if you were to not use the other mod (IR), then SCS's component could still be installed and you'll get those same changes

Edited by Lollorian, 22 January 2010 - 06:51 PM.

[smoky tune]

Methinks the inconsistency is in the guide here, maybe the BWP guys thought the Balduran shield was important to keep (come on ... beholder ray reflection?? ) ... and about the rod of rez, it's not a problem, since whatever mod changes it (probably Item_rev) probably makes the same changes SCS does (which is why SCS directly skips it ) Now, if you were to not use the other mod (IR), then SCS's component could still be installed and you'll get those same changes

let me explain the way I (and probably some other people) use BWP.
I wish to make an installation of BGT with many mods included, but I'm not sure:
- whether they are compatible with each other
- about the right installation order
- would the installation be stable
- etc.
the only thing i wish to think about is the exact selection of mods and their components. so I use BWP to take care about all the other things, thus I profit from debugging experience of the whole community (thanks to all!) and save pretty much time.
in order to choose desired mods, i open BiG_World_v8.2_english.pdf to take a look on what is included and decide whether I want this or that thing in my installation, and of course I believe that BiG World Install.bat will install everything the way stated in manual.
in case with components 3000 and 3070 of SCSII it is not true - batch file handles them in a different way (if I get things right), thus misleading users a bit. that is what i wanted to indicate, nothing more.

imho Shield of Balduran is created by game developers for the only purpose - to help unexperienced gamers to deal with beholders. their casting rate is incredibly high and it is very difficult to slay them without proper protections, of which beginners have little knowledge yet. by now it is much more interesting for me to take some challenge with them. so now I wouldn't buy this shield but would try some other tactics.

anyway these components aren't of great importance.
I just wanted to help BWP developers to make their amazing product a little bit better